The 20 Best Pubs in Nottingham

Fresh reviews:

Fantastic local pub, with great community feel. Decent food, good beer and really friendly staff.

Janine D.

Absolutely fantastic. So fantastic in fact, that I visited twice in one week.It’s very, very nice inside. Cozy and cottage-y. It seems to be newly renovated.The food is STUNNING. On Boxing Day lunch time I had the special which was roast beef with mash and veg. I want it all over again as I type this. The meat…

Becky M.

The White Lion

Spent a great night here celebrating my husbands birthday with his friends. One of whom lives in Beeston and suggested we try The Greyhound for some live music.Exhibit A where playing and admission was free.The band were excellent. My husband spent most of his evening on the dance floor having a ball, bopping…

Cristin L.

The Greyhound

Menu was good, food excellent and cheap too. Owners treated you like a local even though it was my first visit. It looks like a chain pub — and it is, but once inside it has a personality of its own.

David B.

Badger Box

Located down an alley off the main road you enter a small U shaped room in one corner of which is the bar around which is basically on shelving a mini beer and cider festival. The place is basic old bits of furniture, newspapers and an occasional game make it less of a pub more of a social club/beer festival…

Hesseh S.

The Barrel Drop

The Vat & Fiddle (no, it’s not a typo) is a real ale pub owned by Castle Rock Brewery, just a 3-minute walk from Nottingham Station. It’s not fancy, it’s not glitzy — it’s a waterhole, but a good one of its kind, with plenty of well-kept real ales on tap (not just by Castle Rock). The décor is nothing to…

Thomas M.

Vat & Fiddle

Great ambience of a local pub. Service was very friendly but kitchen was ridiculously slow. Many tables that were sat after us were served well before us. Waitress apologized several times for slow service. We were not in a hurry and were OK with over an hr wait for food. The food was fantastic. I had the…